Hugh Ross (musician)

Hugh Ross (musician)

Hugh C. M. Ross (died January 20, 1990, in Manhattan, New York City, age 91) [cite news | |title= Hugh C. M. Ross Is Dead at 91; Conductor of Schola Cantorum |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5D7113DF932A15752C0A966958260 |publisher="New York Times" |date=1990-01-21 |accessdate=2008-07-12 ] , was a choral director and conductor of the Schola Cantorum of New York.

He was born in Langport, Somerset, England, the son of David Melville Ross, the canon of Wells Cathedral. A student of organ, piano and violin, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Organists at 17, the youngest ever. He was an artillery officer in France during World War I but continued studying at the Royal College of Music and at Oxford University.

After being employed as the conductor of the Winnipeg Choir in Canada, in 1927 he moved to New York to lead the Schola Cantorum. In 1933 he became a professor at the Manhattan School of Music

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